Hilir Perak (federal constituency)

Hilir Perak was a federal constituency in the Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1986.

Hilir Perak

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1959
Last contested	1982

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Hilir Perak
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Mohamed Abbas Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Mohamed Abbas Ahmad	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Othman Abdullah
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	Ahmad Damanhuri Abdul Wahab	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978	Abu Bakar Arshad
5th	1978-1982	Kamaluddin Maamor
6th	1982-1986	Megat Junid Megat Ayub
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pasir Salak

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Megat Junid Megat Ayub	16,582	73.24
	PAS	Ahmad Abdul Majid	6,058	26.76
Total valid votes			22,640	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,392
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,032	72.99
Registered electors			32,925
Majority			10,524
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamaluddin Maamor	13,643	64.07
	PAS	Abdul Kader Kahar	4,817	22.62
	DAP	Zainal Abidin Adnan	2,493	11.71
	PEKEMAS	Abdul Latif Nasain	342	1.61
Total valid votes			21,295	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			29,838
Majority			8,826
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abu Bakar Arshad	13,077	72.64
	PEKEMAS	Ahmad Boestamam	4,925	27.36
Total valid votes			18,002	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			26,524
Majority			8,152
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ahmad Damanhuri Abdul Wahab	7,302	59.75
	PMIP	Abdul Aziz Othman	4,919	40.25
Total valid votes			12,221	100.00
Total rejected ballots			815
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			13,036	73.63
Registered electors			17,705
Majority			2,383
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Othman Abdullah	7,883	65.13
	PMIP	Hassan Adli Arshad	3,845	31.77
	UDP	Ja'afar Sidik Maamor	375	3.10
Total valid votes			12,103	100.00
Total rejected ballots			514
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,617	79.83
Registered electors			15,805
Majority			4,038
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Abbas Ahmad	4,818	53.00
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Anjang	4,273	47.00
Total valid votes			9,091	100.00
Total rejected ballots			100
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,191	70.79
Registered electors			12,984
Majority			545
This was a new constituency created.

References

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
2. "www.parlimen.gov.my" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-20.